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Marketplace: Living with intentionality

February 2, 2012

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Last week www.skybridgecommunity.net had their annual retreat in Madrid. Due to the fact we are living out of Europe this year I was unable to attend. But I heard they had a great event.I know from years past and hearing the comments from this year that it is an awesome thing when marketplace workers who [...]

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Global marketplace

January 17, 2012

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Recently I was having a conversation with a Skybridge Community member (www.skybridgecommunity.net) who served effectively with a mission organization in Europe. This person transitioned from being a full time Christian ministry worker to a marketplace worker. Here is what they said that really stuck with me. “I  am part of Skybridge because I  am completely [...]

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Legal Status

November 15, 2011

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The other day I was speaking in a small group bible study about missions. It was on a Sunday morning so I guess you could call it Sunday School.  It  was one of the times where you talk to the church about what is going on in the world and ways you are seeing God [...]

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Re-entry – language learning

October 31, 2011

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One good thing about coming back is not having to worry about getting caught in a  language moment. Well at least not from my native state of Tennessee. If you have ever lived overseas and you are trying to learn a new language then you know what I mean. going to the bank going to [...]

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re-entry

September 6, 2011

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I must admit I am going through some re-entry culture shock. Pretty normal. For sure I still have my East Tennessee accent. I want to try to do some posts on this topic but I need to start out with one that is just funny to me and really is not that profound. One of [...]

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Be a blessing?

August 25, 2011

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One book that I read this summer  was from author  Reggie McNeal about the Missional Renaissance It is a good book especially for existing  churches exploring becoming more missional in their orientation. One of the conversations we have been having as a family this summer has to do with blessings. How do you bless a [...]

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Who is your neighbor ?

August 18, 2011

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At Sent Lab in Austin this past weekend one of the presenters had each table spend five minutes creating a list of people who they work with in their ministry setting. Here are some samples. Mexicans, Chinese, Indians, Peruvians, Guatemalans, Ecuadorians, Iranians, Algerians, Moroccans, Pakistanis, Iraqis, Egyptians, Jordanians, Nigerians, Ivorians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Karen [...]

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